you saw andrea leadsom and home secretary priti patel has been there this morning.ll be eaten across britain over the next few days, with supermarkets expecting a 500% increase in sales. the bitter—tasting vegetable often divides opinion, but new varieties are being grown to try to win skeptics round. sam fenwick reports. as you tuck into your christmas dinner, it's likely that the sprouts on your plate will have been grown here, in the scottish borders. they're planted in rows, and the cool north sea winds make for ideal growing conditions. it's been a very good harvest, we've had a very good growing season, the sprouts are looking very healthy, they're standing up, they're looking really good. sprouts are really good for you — they have four times more vitamin c than an orange, but they're not always everyone's favourite vegetable. i don't like sprouts because theyjust make me go "eugh"! the sprouts are tasty. i've never tried sprouts. nope, not my thing. nope. but there's something special going on in these scottish fields that might change your opinion of the hu

it has been fantastic to bring the home secretary, priti patel, and see the family of harry.ut to them. it is just the deepest, deepest tragedy for the dunn family and nothing will bring harry back, but they seem to be quite reassured that priti patel had set out what the next steps are, and i think we will be able to give them perhaps a little relief, temporarily, while the process continues, but i have assured the family of harry i will do everything i can to ensure we get justice for harry. we know we cannot talk about the illegals of this, what is the next step in terms of extradition? the next step is that the cps sends all of the papers to a judge, and that judge the cps sends all of the papers to a judge, and thatjudge then reviews all of the papers, and all of the different aspects of the case, and then passes papers on to the home office, who assess their mind make their recommendation to the home secretary. are the family reassured by meeting the home secretary today? before i answer that, can i thank andrea personally from the bottom of my heart for everything she

priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family, who want to see the driver charged over the crashates. duncan kennedy reports the home secretary arrived in harry dunn's home village to brief his family in person. hello, nice to meet you. thank you. inside, harry's dad, tim, said he welcomed the gesture. this is a good opportunity and thank you for coming to listen to what we need to say, and hopefully we can move forward and up and help other people if they ever get into this situation. priti has come to try and hearfrom all of you... the fact that priti patel and andrea leadsom, the local mp, came here is a sign of how much impact the case is having. harry dunn was killed last august when his motorbike collided with a car. anne sacoolas, here on her wedding day, was charged this week with causing harry's death by dangerous driving, but she left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. the home secretary said she would do all she could. it was a nice opportunity to hearfrom them obviously about what they have been experiencing, what they have been going through, and to reassure them

we saw priti patel, very sombre, and it kind of jarred.tel, very sombre, and it kind ofjarred. was itjust a bit too soon? and in a sense, was it difficult for boris johnson because he was on the defensive because andrew marr was critiquing the conservative government's records?” think this is part of the problem. when you have an election campaign going on and you are also prime minister, it is very difficult because you've got decisions to make and it country delete and you've also got a campaign to have. there is... you have to be partisan. you also have to be prime minister...m is also very telling that for all parties, they have all focused heavily their narratives, what they say, their answers, this was not in the script... this is the sort of stuff you cannot plan for. with that situation come in the flooding is, there was a lot of concern boris johnson had not been soon enough to go and to speak to people, and when he did, he got a rough ride. on this one, he was there very quickly and he was dealing with the situation as a prime mi

priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family.llage to brief his family in person. hello, good to meet you. inside, harry's dad, tim, said he welcomed the gesture. this isa said he welcomed the gesture. this is a good opportunity and thank you for coming to listen to what we need to say, and hopefully we can move forward with the situation. priti has come to try and hear from all of you. the fact that priti patel and andrea leadsom, the local mp, came here is a sign of how much impact the case is having. harry dunn was killed last august when his motorbike collided with a car. anne sacoolas, here on her wedding day, was charged this week with causing harry's death by dangerous driving, but she left written, claiming diplomatic immunity. the home secretary said she would do all she could. it was a nice opportunity to hear from them about what they have been experiencing, what they have been experiencing, what they have been going through, and to reassure them. it has been a difficult and traumatic time for them. at the crash scene

priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family.ask for the extradition from the united states, of the driver charged over the crash — anne sacoolas. duncan kennedy reports. the home secretary arrived in harry dunn's home village to brief his family in person. hello, good to meet you. thank you. inside, harry's dad, tim, said he welcomed the gesture. this is a good opportunity and thank you for coming to listen to what we need to say, and hopefully we can move forward and help other people if they ever get into this situation. priti has come to try and hearfrom all of you... the fact that priti patel and andrea leadsom, the local mp, came here is a sign of how much impact the case is having. harry dunn was killed last august when his motorbike collided with a car. anne sacoolas, here on her wedding day, was charged this week with causing harry's death by dangerous driving, but she left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. the home secretary said she would do all she could. it was a nice opportunity to hear from them about what the

the parents of harry dunn are to meet with the home secretary, priti patel, as the government considersst an american woman accused of their son's death. anne sacoolas is charged with causing death by dangerous driving, following a crash in northamptonshire in august. mrs sacoolas left for the us, following the incident, claiming diplomatic immunity. her lawyers said she would not return to the uk to face a ‘potentialjail sentence for a terrible but unintentional accident‘. the duke of edinburgh has spent a second night in a central london hospital. prince philip, who's 98, is being treated for a pre—existing condition on the advice of his personal doctors. our correspondent simonjones sent this update from outside the king edward vii hospital. well, there's been no official update overnight from the palace. in fa ct, update overnight from the palace. in fact, we haven't heard anything from them formally since friday, when prince philip was admitted to hospital. i think it is worth reiterating what they said back then. they stressed that the decision to bring him here was precautionary

we will also hear from james cleve rley, the conservative party chairman, michael gove, and priti patel secretary as well, in one final attempt to rally the troops and convince people to get out tomorrow. so no complacency in the conservative camp. jessica parker in the labourcamp, conservative camp. jessica parker in the labour camp, they have been watching the polls in the last few days, they will be pleased to see some tightening. what are the challenges tonight and one final message can they deliver to try and rally voters tomorrow?” message can they deliver to try and rally voters tomorrow? i think over the last few days, we have seen a jeremy corbyn travel up and down the country. i was at a rally in bristol on monday afternoon and since then, he has travelled up through the west of the country, ending up in glasgow, coming back down the east side of the country, and later on this evening, he will end up here for that final rally aware as jonathan was saying, parties try to motivate their troops, try to really deliver that core message, and i think something that we have seen from

the family of harry dunn say they're incredibly reassured after meeting the home secretary priti patel was that the family are feeling very reassured. what is it that has given them that reassurance? good morning. it was an amazing meeting, a very powerful and emotional meeting yesterday. the main issue for us over these last couple of months is whether there would be any political interference in the decision. once the lady was charge, and let's remind you that this lady is innocent until proven otherwise, and priti patel, the home secretary, gave the family the strongest reassurance that there will be no political interference. this will all be dealt with under the rule of law and due process. she has to follow strict legal guidelines. that was an issue for us andi guidelines. that was an issue for us and i am glad to say we walked away from that meeting certain that they will be no untoward interference. certain, that is an interesting word. had you been given any time of timescale about when this extradition could potentially happen? the only thing the home secretary is able to say

what we are looking for of course is the first real result —— priti patel.h—east, sunderland or newcastle, places counting very quickly. naga munchetty is keeping an eye on things for us and we might be in for a surprise? this is a surprise for you and who doesn't like a surprise on election night? i am in blyth sports centre near newcastle and they are so keen to be the first to declare. how many boxes have we had? about 23 boxes, the first arrived 38 seconds past ten o'clock. they get here and are scanned and run through this corridor, loads of sporty volu nteers this corridor, loads of sporty volunteers are trained for the moment. speed is key and they are brought from all over the blyth valley constituency and rushed through this part and you can hear the shouts when new boxes arrived in the shouts when new boxes arrived in the car park. they are run into the counting centre where the teams are and look at the frenetic activity! it is all about to be but it's very much about accuracy as well. we all know that the race has been on and we have seen or newc

charlotte charles and tim dunn will sit down with priti patel today.llion washing machines. the machines, sold under the hotpoint and indesit brands, have been identified as potential fire hazards. whirlpool is to begin the recall in the second week of january. but mp5 says the delay means customers have been "severely let down". that‘s it for us here on bbc one. thank you for watching and have a great day. the world champions behind you. this isa the world champions behind you. this is a competition that we were talking about. they gave up and went to the gulf. thankfully, it means they are the first english side to when they travel. of course. manchester united is not one that. liverpool can officially call themselves ‘champions of the world‘ after they won the club world cup. they beat flamengo of brazil in extra—time in doha. our reporter olly foster was there. olly, it‘s been quite a year for liverpool, hasn‘t it? really intense and it felt special at the stadium. they have grown into this tournament. when they arrived here, jurgen klopp honest as

elected mp for dover, natalie elphick is calling for an urgent meeting with the home secretary, priti patelre and more dangerous thing to be trying to do. well, simon, 79 people on december the 4th we re simon, 79 people on december the 4th were picked up in one day. one single day. 1700 people have made the crossing from the french coast over to the english coast this year. the french authorities say that they have apprehended at least 1100 migrants in the 12 months of this year. so this is a growing problem. as you say, it is incredibly cold. the french coast, you can sit on a good day from here, it is 20 miles away, —— see it. it is known that body heat will leach from your body extremely quickly if you‘re wet. what they are attempting to do is extremely dangerous. but of course, from the french at 30‘s point of view, the days very, very short and that means that policing the french coast is incredibly difficult —— the french authority‘s point of view. thank you very much. the singer ellie goulding was among a number of people who came to the rescue of a driver who‘s vehicle was being pu